CYCLE NEWS RIDER OF THE YEAR AND AMERICAN FLAT TRACK TWINS CHAMPION
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INTERVIEW
one of the most hotly contested
championships in motorcycle
racing, with the title fights going
down to the final race of the
year; sometimes the final lap.
But not this year.
Mees showed up in 2017 and
raised the bar. He stepped into a
new era of the sport—new rules,
new tracks, and new, or shall
we say, returning player with
Indian Motorcycle—and made his
mark. He clinched the title two
rounds early at his home race in
Williams Grove, Pennsylvania,
and added a host of records to
his name and Indian's as well. It
was a standout year for Mees,
during a standout season for the
sport itself. And it landed him
another accolade in 2017—Cycle
News Rider of the Year. Since
Cycle News first started annu-
ally handing out the rider of the
Anyone who knows Jared Mees
will tell you that he's a fierce
competitor. But you don't have
to know him to know that he's at
the top of his game in American
Flat Track, just look at his stats—
five premier class titles, and four
Grand National Championships.
It's quite the accomplishment.
Especially considering that the
premier class of American Flat
Track has been consistently
Close combat
is not out of
the ordinary
in American
Flat Track, and
Mees doesn't
mind a scrap.
